úte
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Þá þe ǽr úte óþra ðeóda anwalda girndon, him þá gód þúhte þǽr hié mehten hié selfe æt hám wið ðeówdðm bewerian domesticis malis circumventi externis inhiare desistunt, abjiciuntque spem dominationis imminente periculo servitutis, Ors. 3, l; S. 98, 2
wæl-fús
Ready to be slain
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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420
Horsa
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Hér Hengest and Horsa fuhton wið Wyrtgeorne ðam cyninge in ðære stówe ðe is gecueden Agælesþrep and his bróður Horsan man ofslóg, 455; Erl. 12, 13
ofer-módness
Pride
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Bebeorh ðé wið ofermódnysse cave te a superbia, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 10
lytes-ná
Almost ⬩ nearly
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Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 13; Jul. 10.
Linked entry: ná
mundbyrdness
protection ⬩ A protector ⬩ patron ⬩ advocate ⬩ a protection of rights granted by charter
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Frag. 106, 24. in a personal sense (v. mund, III. b), A protector, patron, advocate Ic ðé mé tó mundbyrdnysse geceóse wið ðín ágen bearn I choose thee for my advocate with thy own child, 106, 19.
cynd
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.: es; n. nature Nis nán gesceaft ðe hé tiohhige ꝥ hió scyle winnan wiþ hire Scippendes willan, gif hió hire cynd (gecynd v. l.) healdan wile nihil est quod naturam servans Deo contraire conetur, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 23.
GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Wæs ðis eálond geó gewurþad mid æðelestum ceastrum this island was formerly adorned with the noblest cities, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 25. Geþenc se snottra fengel hwæt wit geó sprǽcon do thou, sagacious prince, bear in mind what we have before spoken, Beo.
brǽþ
odour ⬩ exhalation
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S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ. Lch. ii. 212, 3. fig.: Wylm, brǽþ feruorem, i. ardorem (devotionis), An. Ox. 2511
cyn
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S. 23, 272. v. æppel-, Angel-, bisceop-, bóc-, cróg-, cyning-, ealdhláford-, eall-, earn-, eft-, hafoc-, hreód-, módor-, riht-fædren-, riht-médren-, sǽd-, sealf-, sprǽc-, stán-, tynder-, wíf-, wilde-, wín-, wudu-cyn. in line 6 for cynd read cynn. v.
horsc
Quick, ready, active, valiant, ⬩ wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted ⬩ wise ⬩ alacer, celer, præproperus, volucer, promtus, sagax,
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Quick, ready, active, valiant, applied generally to mental activity [cf. snel active : Icel. snjallr eloquent], wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted Horsc prudens, Cot, 191, Lye.
Linked entry: horsc-lic
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2. Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin, Ap. Th. 8, 23.
Dægsan stán
DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland ⬩ agro Cumbriæ
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DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne, Th. 37, 26], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here in this year [A.
widlian
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Hi ( the apostate angels) heofon widledan (wid lædan, MS.), Exon. Th. 317, 4; Mód. 60. Se ðe áwiht þicge ðæs ðe wesle widlige (wið licge, MSS.) qui comederit aliquid de eo quod mustela inquinaverit, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 7.
scyldig
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Add Beó hé útlah wið God . . . and wið þone cyning scyldig ealles þæs þe hé áge (cf. Wlfst. 271, 26), Cht. E. 231, 16. 2. Add Sió hé healsfange scyldig, Ll.
tó-standan
to stand apart ⬩ be distant ⬩ to differ ⬩ be different ⬩ to stand aloof ⬩ not to be forthcoming
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Tó-standendum mægna distantes vires, i. discordes, 26. to stand aloof, not to be forthcoming Be ðon ðe mon wíf bycgge, and ðonne sió gift tóstande. Gif mon wíf gebycgge, and sió gyft forð ne cume, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 3-6
spiweþa
vomiting ⬩ vomit, what is vomited
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Wið miclan spiweþan, and hé ne máge nánne mete gehabban, 190, 8. Wið spiwþan, 190, 1. Ðurh spiwðan, i. 274, 21. Spiweþan dón to vomit iii. 214, 23. Hí beóþ oferfyllede óþ spiweþan, R. Ben. 136, 25. Drincan óð speowðan, Homl.
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cænnan
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to clear, prove; manifestare Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's clearance, L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13: 22; Th. i. 42, 3: L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 12
FÝLÞ
FILTH ⬩ impurity ⬩ rottenness ⬩ spurcĭtia ⬩ putrēdo
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Wið áne cwénan fýlþe adreógaþ cum ūna meretrīce spurcĭtiem ăgunt, Lup. Serm. 1, 11; Hick. Thes. ii. 102, 27, 29 : Scint. 9